Bailey and I had lots of fun learning at the Home School Convention last weekend. Saturday night after it all wrapped up, we were energized and excited but also overwhelmed. We loaded into the car and drove away from home instead of toward it, heading to Buckeye to pick up a new friend for our little herd.
In that crate is a sweet little doe, name Aqua Patch Across the Universe. I do promise a few good photos to come, once this little doe is fully settled in to the swing of things at Patriot's Dream. Also, Bailey is looking for a nickname, because Across the Universe is way too long!
On Monday, Wyatt and I pulled out the scale and weighed the little three week old Black Java chicks. So as of 17 June 2013:
#99: .67lb
#96: .52lb
#97: .43lb
Wyatt and I played guess which are boys/ girls. We had been thinking one roo, two pullets, but now with the tail feathers starting to grow in, we are not so sure. We are enjoying trying to figure out while we wait and watch them grow. We are also enjoying the weight comparisons with other heritage breeds we have raised and tracked through the growth process.
This one looked me straight in the eye, and was ready to go pack to her pen and play with the others.
I had to get the little requisite scale shot!
Well, this week, Wyatt, Bailey and I have lots of plans. We are working on dividing one pen to keep a couple of roosters happy, fixing and doubling the grow out pen, and tomorrow we have plans for a field trip to the aquaponic store to see if we really do have most of the supplies needed for a special project Wyatt wants to try! Wow. Seeing as how it is already Thursday, we had best get busy!
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